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Definition of Chamberlains
1. chamberlain [n] - See also: chamberlain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chamberlains
Literary usage of Chamberlains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Edward Aloysius Pace (1922)
"The velvet, red in the or cup-bearer who assists the Holy Father at table, of
privy chamberlains, is embroidered with golden Wardrobe, and the Prefect of ..."
2. Records of the Borough of Leicester: Being a Series of Extracts from the by Leicester (England), Mary Bateson, William Henry Stevenson, John Edward Stocks (1905)
"chamberlains' Account. 1564-5 CLXII. Election of Assessors of Prices of Food.
Nov. ... chamberlains' Account. 1566-7 CLXVII. Act for Relief of the Poor. ..."
3. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1899)
"(The chamberlains were two officers appointed annually. They had the oversight
of the property of the City, i. 432, 467 ; drew the rents, i. 103, 412; ii. ..."
4. Diary of the Corporation by Reading (England). City Council, J. M. Guilding (1896)
"443 Oaths administered to Harrison and Burningham as chamberlains, under the new
Charter .... 446 The chamberlains are to view ground, &c. ..."
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